Adolf Hamster

true, this remains a constant possibility, but by the sounds of it any such problem will be one of those unavoidable part compatibility issues, and at least the zci's aren't massively expensive.

got a source for that? some googling i've not found anywhere referencing an image of these things conforming to en166 or what impact rating they'd have within that standard. EN166 has 3 different standards for impact rating. the low velocity impact (F) is ~0.86j which means they can crack at airsoft velocities the medium energy impact (B) is ~6j, so well above any reasonable airsoft standard and the high (A) further still (iirc ~15j) ofc passing a standard is only a minimum, so it's possible for something marked en166f can still be strong enough for airsoft given it's a fair bit to go before it'd be strong enough for the b rating. ofc if you want to gamble your one and only pair of eyes finding out then that's your personal choice, although personally i'd not enjoy having the associated PR if that goes south. op- at a bare minimum before you field those i'd be asking someone with a bolt action (at appropriate bolt action energies, ie not a 1.1j no-MED gun) at the local site to put a round straight into them point blank, might sound overkill but we live in a world where kickingmustang exists.

must admit my experience with AI products has definitely been on the "good idea, poorly implemented" side of things. the kind of products that'd work great if made to decent tolerances, but then not made to the required level of tolerance.

1 is pretty damn good, taking that at face value i'd say it's into the territory where you'll notice a better barrel.

what's the variance? ie the range of fps you get over a few shots? short of actual range testing that's the best indicator for potential accuracy. guess it boils down to your budget, if you want to keep the cost of the barrel aside in case something else needs changed, but if you've got the money then why not take out one more variable?

hard one to call, but i'd worry about field testing it first, get a baseline. the inner barrel tends to have less of an impact on performance than factors like air seal or hop quality, so i'd look to getting that side of things dialed in first before worrying about it. on the other hand, the zci's are decent, and depending on your long term goals you might figure it's worth dropping in now rather than later if you're committed to taking the build far enough to utilise it.

Same, its tricky because ukara has had years to build up recognition with sites, retailers and even non-airsoft entities like customs and courier companies. Thats a hell of a mountain for any new system has to climb especially in the early days when folk will be hesitant to adopt in case it doesnt work out. I say that in the hope, if not perhaps expectation that some day a hero will arise.

it's a hard line to draw as everyone's going to have different standards. eg someone might think a given gun is shit if it can't go 3 more than full mags between gassing in the middle of winter, others might consider anything that can fire it's RS capacity (usually less than the actual capacity) per fill in reasonably rapid order under most conditions good enough. same with longevity, some folks might shoot their holster-filler so rarely that it takes 15 years to accumulate the kind of round count someone else's stockless primary could rack up in a day. certainly whilst i'll admit marui pistols generally trend towards better performance when treated properly, that doesn't mean that other brands are worth discounting depending on what the individuals wants/needs are. as long as people have reasonable expectations then that's all we can do.

i tend to go for the natural weathering, i won't go out of my way to make a gun look battered but i won't lose sleep over any marks it picks up along the way. the issue with intentional ageing/weathering is whilst some folks can do an amazing job and make something that looks awesome, it seems so very easy to mess it up and have something that doesn't look right.

suppose that's not too bad for the price point, as you've mentioned the main issue is the longevity of the switches.

what sort of functionality are we talking? the thing i'm mainly thinking about is what does this offer that the likes of an ab++ or warfet doesn't? as those options have the added benefit of being universal fitment? only thing i'm seeing is the ability to grub screw mod the trigger for dem mouseclicks.

was blocked when i was looking on mobile earlier citing copyright infringement, although not on pc for some reason.... the title is "brass eye- american gun crime" i'm sure there's variants that the bots haven't got to yet.

i don't necessarily disagree, i'm just saying if we start going fully down that rabbit hole it's just gonna end in a row.

guys, dude's new to this place, tempting as it is we don't need to jump straight on him just for being from a country with a different take on civilian firearm ownership. @truckinthumper don't take it personally, as i'm sure you can understand American firearm culture is as confusing and controversial to us as i'm sure British firearm culture is to you.

given that air rifles can also operate from a pumped or pre-charged compressed air supply does that also make these illegal? i guess we maybe don't see them as much here given nerf serves the younger market up until they're at airsofting age. not like our Australian cousins who have to use it as a way around airsoft being disallowed. one does wonder, surely it's a good thing for countries not keen on civilian firearm ownership to allow the likes of airsoft as a safer means for those who enjoy shooting derivative sports?

i did say the theoretical chrono (that i'm only using to illustrate a point) isn't affected by barrel alignment. however if you'd rather we take it so literally then lets assume anzio chrono's also have a barrel mounting for perfect alignment/distance from the muzzle.....

welcome to the wonderful world of joule creep pistols with short barrels you tend not to get too much in the way of gains especially when you have to get a lot of hop going to spin up the heavies at sub 1j. whilst the results are hilarious, i'd caution that running really heavy ammo in pistols is detrimental to their health particularly in bulged (and i've heard, if fortunately not experienced burst) nozzles, and whilst the range and accuracy are great, you might want to think about how good your pistol marksmanship is and wether or not you really need that performance out of a pistol or if you'd rather sacrifice some performance for the sake of longevity. eg i used to run .48's in the makarov and even at a measly 0.7j it practically outranged the majority of rifles on the fields i was playing, but given i'm incapable of hitting the broad side of a barn from inside said barn (with a pistol at least) i went back to .32's so i wasn't changing loading nozzles as often as i was changing magazines.....

let's assume all of anzio's chronographs are well maintained, regularly calibrated machines that will always report the fps figures with 100% accuracy even if the muzzle is not perfectly aligned, and that for each reading the chrono was set to the correct ammo weight. what do you think would happen in the op's case?

The makarov hop unit has a limited range of motion and with we's hard compound bucking it cant lift well. But drop an ml autobot in there and get creative with the packing you can get that bad boy to lift .48's....

didn't think the Israelis would have fell for the zip-22 marketing hype.....

i was debating bringing that up, about the perfect example of a great airsoft dmr platform that doesn't meet the usual requirements for real usage. ofc that's my thinking before you mentioned the idf, part of me is curious as to why and how they're using them.

tis a curious system, don't think i've seen anything like it on other hobbyist forums but i can't deny for the most part it seems to work. ofc very easy for something like this to go south if folk don't approach it with the attitude of it being advice with a bit of humour rather than flaming folk for no good reason.

the problem is that with such a vague definition of a semi-capable pew that's sub 350fps and can have a scope mounted you could recommend pretty much anything. for example: m14 sr25 dragonuv/svu vss/val fal g3 psg1 and that's a non-exhaustive list off the top of my head based on the vague notion of them being chambered in "dmr" cartridges (well, maybe not the vss/val but they commonly get used in airsoft for that purpose anyway). Needless to say they're available from multiple manufacturers according to your budget/taste, a few are available as gbb's, and all of them can, with varying degrees of effort, be converted to hpa. if we're not limiting ourselves to looking the part and only care about bb lobbing then you can add pretty much every aeg and even mk23 carbine conversions to that list (although granted that's assuming a level of tweaking over stock). so for example i could recommend you buy an RS dragonuv and install a polarstar F2, but that wouldn't be helpful if you didn't want to spend that much, if you didn't like hpa, or if you just simply don't like the dragonuv. likewise @Lozart's suggestion of the cyma m14 is totally valid, unless you just happened to not like the m14 in which case it's kinda pointless. if you want more targeted advice then it's worth thinking about how you're phrasing the question, eg; what sort of guns do you like the looks of? do you want it to look like a dmr or just be good at lobbing bb's? are you willing/able to modify over stock levels of performance? do you care if it's also capable of auto? do you want it to be a gbb, or is a regular aeg fine? what sort of budget do you have?

how long does it take to post from japan to america

in my experience the likelyhood of encountering someone who can't tell where hits came from is inversely proportional to how far you are from your respawn flag